Label-holder.



PATENTED JULY '7, 1908.

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LABEL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July '7, 1908.

Application filed November 26, 1907. Serial No. 403,983.

T0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Vieron HENRY CAN- HAM, of the city of Guelph, in thecounty of 'VVellingtom in the Province of Ontario,

Canada, manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Label- I-Iolders, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in label holders, and the object ofthe invention is to devise a simple, convenient device whereby labelsmay be securelyT yet detachably affixed to the ends of piece goods in astrong and durable manner, and yet allow of the holder being readilychanged after the goods have been used up and the label itself changedwhen the holder itself is attached to another piece of different goodsand it consists essentially of the label holder proper provided withside guide ribs and bosses for the insertion and holding of the label inposition, and a tongue having preferably a swinging member suitablysecured to the label holder proper and. designed to be inserted betweenthe material and the cloth board, the swinging member being preferablyprovided with a pointed projection on the under side whereby the labelholder is held in position, the parts being arranged as hereinafter moreparticularly explained.

Figure l, is a perspective view of an end of a piece of goods showingthe piece broken away in sectional perspective and the label holder inposition. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section through portion of a pieceof goods and board showing the label holder in position. Fig. 3, is adetail of the label holder complete. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are views ofdetails.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is a piece of cloth and B the cloth board around which the same iswound.

Gis the label holder proper, which has ribs C formed on the top andbottom sides by preferably bending the metal at right angles to the backand then back again upon itself, so as to form a guiding rib as well asa hold fast rib.

C2 is a boss formed at the center of the back and designed when thelabel, which may be card board or other suitable material, is insertedto hold such label centrally in position in the label holder. The backC3 is provided with slits C, which are sprung, so as te permit theinsertion in the bosses C5 of the open wire tongue D. This wire tongueis substantially V-shape in form and has right angular bends D, whichare inserted through the slits C, as indicated. The wire is Vflattenedat D2 and D3 at the top and bottom of the boss, so as to hold theangular bend in position. Y

The bend D'l shown in Fig. 3, is designed to p extend underneath thebottom edge of the end of the cloth board, and thereby prevent anytendency of the label holder being thrown out of position when thematerial is unwound from the board, and this bend prevents the tonguefrom passing out of the slits. It will be understood that the ends D4 ofthe wire D are bent after said wire is passed through the slits C.

E is a member swung on the inner end of the wire tongue D, such memberbeing curled around the inner end of the tongue D and also being bent atthe inner end and provided with a pointed projection E.

To insert my label holder in position I raise the end of the cloth nextthe cloth board B and then pass the label holder in the position inwhich it is shown in the drawing and press downwardly upon the outer orfree end of the swinging member until the projection E passes into thewood of the cloth board when the label holder will be held securely inposition. A suitable label may be inserted in the label holder proper C.

Such a label holder as I describe is simple, cheaply manufactured anddurable and may be readily transferred from one piece of cloth toanother when the cloth is used up. It also forms a means for holding agood clear label, thereby enabling the cloth to be readily picked out.It also lies close to the end of the board, is no inconvenience and iscompact taking but little space at the end of the board.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A label holder comprising a bar having side retaining guides and anopen wire tongue suitably connected to the label holder proper andadapted to extend inwardly between the cloth board and the goods and aswinging member connected to the inner end of the wire tongue andprovided at the free end with a pointed projection designed to Wiretongue having a right angular rojeoting portion extending through theslits and ing portion extending through the s its and bosses andprovided with bent ends and flat- 10 bosses and provided With bent endsas and tened portions at the top and bottom of the for the purposespecified. slits as and for the purpose specified.

3. In Combination7 the label holder proper VICTOR HENRY CANHAM. providedwith a pair of slits having bosses Witnesses: formed up between theslits and a V-shaped B. BOYD,

Wire tongue having a right angular projeet= R. GOBAIN.

